Lorain police investigating brick attack on dog

The Lorain Police Department is investigating an incident that left a pet dog with a head wound.

On March 3, officers were dispatched to a home in the 1000 block of Brownell Avenue on a suspicious animal call. When officers spoke to the 43-year-old resident she told them her white Cane Corso mix dog was chained up on the north side of her house when she went to the store, according to a report on the incident.

When the woman returned she found the dog had been struck in the mouth with a brick. Officers could see blood coming from the dog’s mouth and a brick sitting on the ground near the dog, the report said.

According to the homeowner, some of her neighbors had complained about the dog barking and being kept in her garage, but she did not believe any of them would throw a brick at him, the report said.